George P. Baker - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Augustine Heard & Co.: Building a Family Business - A Chronicle of the China Trade

January 16, 1855. HC: HP-1, p. 31. Digital Accessibility Contact Baker Library Historical Collections Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Harvard Business School Soldiers Field... View Details

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In The Classroom - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

PhD Investment Strategies By: Malcolm P. Baker & Samuel G. Hanson Former offerings Investment Strategies and Behavioral and Value Investing Investment Management By: Adi Sunderam & Luis M. Viceira HBS, MBA... View Details

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Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations," coauthored with Ioannis Ioannou. George Serafeim : Won the 2010 Wyss Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research. Charles C.Y. Wang : Received a 2010 View Details

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The Forgotten Real Estate Boom - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

data on 1920s home prices and foreclosures means that many questions remain unanswered. 22 Historical trade publications like the weekly New York Real Estate Record and Builder’s Guide, of which Baker Library holds a sixty-year run, allow... View Details

01 Feb 2001
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What Makes a Good Leader

of the 21st century. by Deborah Blagg and Susan Young Name: John Kotter, Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership Director: HBS Global Leadership Initiative Most recent book: John P. Kotter on What Leaders Really Do On vision: "People... View Details

Keywords: Management

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AASU50 - Alumni

Kimberly A. Kispert, MBA 1981 George L. Van Amson, MBA 1982 Kym M. Nelson, MBA 1983 George Ellis, MBA 1984 Gail S. Morales, MBA 1985 Robert R. Davenport III, MBA 1986 Stuart A. Taylor, II, MBA 1987 Arnold J.... View Details

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Faculty & Research - Entrepreneurship

Associate Professor of Business Administration Ebehi Iyoha Assistant Professor of Business Administration Jeffrey F. Rayport Senior Lecturer of Business Administration William A. Sahlman Baker Foundation Professor Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff -... View Details

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Suggested Resources: Israel - Hamas War

The resources below have been selected by Baker librarians to help members of our community learn more about the conflict. The list attempts to incorporate a wide range of perspectives to enable the reader to form their own... View Details

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C. Roland Christensen - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

professor in 1958 and the first George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Business Administration in 1963, Christensen began the second major phase of his career in 1968, when Dean George View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

David Frieze, Division of Research and Faculty Development, retired John (Jack) J. Gabarro, UPS Foundation Professor of Human Resource Management, Emeritus Patty Haviland, Human Resources, retired Alice Kirchner, Restaurant Associates, retired Jay O. Light, Dean of the... View Details

01 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

in the 1920s, GM president Alfred P. Sloan Jr. said, "Gentlemen, I take it we are all in complete agreement on the subject here." Heads nodded around the table. "Then," continued Sloan, "I propose we postpone... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

13 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 13, 2010

PublicationsBuy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down Authors:John P. Kotter and Lorne A. Whitehead Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2010 Abstract You've got a good idea. You know it could make a crucial difference for... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Wilder House | About

Wilder House Wilder House was rededicated in 1997 in honor of William P. Wilder (1922–2019), a prominent Canadian executive, and his support of the School. One of two buildings on the original HBS campus that were named for their... View Details

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

Initiative encourage innovation to address the large-scale issues that beset society. Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Our long tradition of research in Entrepreneurship goes back to the 1930's and 1940's with the “the father of venture capitalism,” General View Details

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

American Economic Review , March 2001). 1998 Malcolm P. Baker : Winner of the 1998 George S. Dively Award for outstanding dissertation research for "Essays in Financial... View Details

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MBA Class of 1959 Chapel | About

added to the chapel, a gift from Albert H. Gordon (MBA 1925) and George F. Baker III (MBA 1964). McArthur, who served as Dean from 1980 to 1995, believed a chapel on campus would enhance the sense that HBS... View Details

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Historical Data & Sources - Business History

Atlas of the World's Commerce (London: George Newnes, 1907), p. 98-99, map. Arçelik Corporation (Koç Group) A.M. Colpan and G. Jones, “Vehbi Koc and the Making of Turkey's Largest Business Group (B),”... View Details

16 Jan 2013
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The Messy Link Between Slave Owners and Modern Management

Mississippi planter priced his 48-year-old foreman, Hercules, at $500; recorded the worth of Middleton, a 26-year-old top-producing field hand, at $1,500; and gave 9-month-old George Washington a value of $150. At the end of the year, he... View Details

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27 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 27

of Public Economics What Makes Annuitization More Appealing?" By: Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Stephen P. Zeldes Abstract—We conduct and analyze two large surveys of hypothetical... View Details